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ICSSR TRAINING WORKSHOP FROM  DECEMBER 13,2010

A week long  Specialized  Training Workshop on“Quantitative Data Analysis in  Social Science Research” will be held   from  December 13-18,2010  at the ICSSR Complex, Panjab University, Chandigarh. 

Professor Bhupinder Brar, Honorary Director, said that the Regional Centre   is holding this specialized training workshop for those participants who have already attended one of our previous basic workshops on quantitative research methods.  It focuses more sharply on the analysis of quantitative data.  The course revolves around the use of numbers in social science research and introduces techniques of using numbers to describe, understand and analyze the social world. 

Shri P.K. Saini, Deputy Director, said that the Regional Centre has been conducting such training workshops every year.  The positive feedback received from the participants over the past several years has encouraged us to conduct  the workshop  this year second time.   The participants will be young teachers and research scholars working in University Departments, Research Institutions and affiliated Colleges located in the state of Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and  the Union Territory of Chandigarh. 

Dr. Pampa Mukherjee and Dr. Kailash K.K. from the Department of Political Science, Panjab University, are the Programme Coordinators.

The Programme will  begin  on  December 13,2010.  at 10.00 a.m. in the ICSSR Complex  on the Panjab University Campus  Chandigarh